Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., criticized the corporate tax rate cut in the Republican tax code overhaul during a new interview, reports The News-Press of South Florida.

• Townhall: Trump: DACA Isn’t Happening Without a Border Wall
• WashExaminer: Report: Federal Worker ‘Minimum Wage’ Is $100,000, 8.5 Weeks Off
• The Hill: Senate GOP Seeks to Change Rules for Trump Picks
• Daily Caller: Washington Post Runs Cover for Drunk Driving Illegal Immigrant
• WashExaminer: Kremlin Says Poor US-Russia Relationship a Top Disappointment of 2017

Alabama on Thursday certified the result of Doug Jones’s upset Senate victory, clearing the Democrat’s path to Washington just hours after his Republican rival filed a lawsuit asking for a new election, reports the Washington Post.

• Politico: How Trump Could Kill the Iran Nuclear Deal in January
• WashExaminer: Just 58% of Trump nominees confirmed, 69% for Obama, 76% for Bush
• The Hill: China Says It’s Not to Blame for Opioid Crisis
• WashExaminer: Obamacare Sign-Ups Slip As Some Customers Cancel Plans
• Daily Caller: Democratic Appointees Reluctant to Give Trump More Judgeships to Fill

Barack Obama edged his successor as the most admired man for 2017, a Gallup poll finds, marking the first time since 2008 when a sitting president didn’t win the annual accolade. Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, is the woman Americans most admire for the 16th year in a row, reports Time.

• Independent: North Korea Will Not Be Accepted as a Nuclear Power by US or Russia, Say Rex Tillerson and Sergei Lavrov
• Daily Beast: Robert Mueller May Indict Paul Manafort Again
• WashExaminer: Anthony Scaramucci Says He Can Overtake ‘Team Charlottesville’ As Top Story of 2017
• Townhall: Rep. Speier Worries Trump Is ‘Trying to Shut Down Every Possible Branch of Government’
• The Hill: Mueller Team Questioning RNC Staffers on 2016 Digital Operation: Report